Do you remember your awakening? I’m sure you do. Don’t you remember the tower that seemed to stretch to the sky? The dark clouds that came rolling in from the north east, and the smell of salt water? Some say that it was raining, but others are adamant that it wasn’t. One thing always seems to change though, the tower itself. Some of us have seen a tower made of pure obsidian, or sandstone, or marble, some have even seen a tower made of some sort of precious gemstone. Yeah, there has been a lot of debate about what everything means when we see the tower, but we can all agree on one thing. . .

Inside, she is always there. . waiting on us. She stands at the top of the tower, and simply smiles at us as we reach the final level, drawn to her like a moth to the flames. She introduces herself as M A N A, and she explains to us what we must accept; we are dead. That we have been chosen to get a second chance at a life we could have never dreamed of. She bestows our new powers and names upon us, the only stipulation is that we may never return to the life we once had. How could we though? We don’t look, or talk the same, and after time, we barely act the same.

After our bestowment with M A N A, we are sent back down the tower only to find through the front door is some coffee shop, hospital, or even bathroom. She sets us lose in an unfamiliar world where magic is hidden in plain sight from the humans, but suddenly clear to us. She throws us into a life that we never knew we had the chance to live, and if we are careful, this life doesn’t have to end. For we are no longer humans, or mortals, we are Mages, the children of M A N A.